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Setting the Soak Timer
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Press twice for rinse-
free rice.
Using the Soak Timer function
You can set the time for rice to be soaked
naturally before cooking.
• Set the inner pot in the rice cooker, select “Soak
Timer”, and set the time. Cooking will start
automatically when the set time has elapsed.
• The pre-soaking time can be set in 10 minute
increments from 10 to 60 minutes.
● Example setting: If “Soak Timer” is set to 20
minutes, cooking will start after 20 minutes.
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Press the [Next] or [Back] key to
select the desired menu.
Blinks
Check that the
Keep Warm
lamp is off.
Beep
2
If you selected the “Porridge”
menu, use the [Hr] and [M] keys
to set the desired cooking time.
• Each time the [Hr] key is pressed, the set
time will increase by 5 minutes. Each time
the [M] key is pressed, that time will decrease
by 5 minutes.
• The cooking time can be set to any 5-minute
increment between 40 and 90 minutes.
Increases by
5 min.
Decreases
by 5 min.
• The default setting is for 60 minutes. Adjust
as desired.
3
Select the keep-warm setting for
after cooking. (See P.16.)
The keep-warm setting can be selected after
the soak timer setting.
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Press the [Timer] key, and then
select “Soak Timer”.
The selected setting will switch between
“Timer 1”, “Timer 2” and “Soak Timer” each
time the [Timer] key is pressed.
• For Timer 1 and Timer 2, see P.20.
Blinks
Beep
Note
● The soak timer cannot be used under the
following conditions.
• When the “Quick”, “Mixed”, “Sweet”, “Slow
Cook” menu is selected
• When “0:00” is blinking on the display
• When the inner pot is not set.
● If the Keep Warm lamp is on, press the [Cancel]
key to turn off the lamp. (The Timer function is not
available while the Keep Warm lamp is on.)
● If you do not operate the rice cooker within about
30 seconds after pressing the [Timer] key, an
alarm (3 beeps) will sound.
● If the [Timer] or [Start/Rinse-free] key is pressed while
the rice cooker is in a state where the Timer function
is not available, an alarm (3 beeps) will sound.
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Press the [Hr] and [M] keys to
set the pre-soaking time.
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Beep
• The pre-soaking time can be set in 10 minute
increments from 10 to 60 minutes.
• Pressing the [Hr] key increases the time by
10 minutes while the [M] key decreases it by
10 minutes.
Texture
Soaking rice for a long time will create a soft texture
when cooked.
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Press the [Start/Rinse-free] key
once.
When cooking rinse-free rice,
press the key twice
The Timer function is set.
On
Off
Display
Plain rice
Grains other than
plain rice
Beep-beep
Long
Beep
When cooking rinse-free rice
(“Eco”, “Plain”, “Sushi”, and
“Porridge” only)
Display
Plain rice
Grains other than
plain rice
Beep-beep
Long
Beep
Beep
Beep